Machine for attaching buttons to garments



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R. J. POWELL & W. F. NOLAN. MACHINE FOR ATTAGHING BUTTONS T0 GARMENTS.

No. 318,024. Patented Ma 19 1885,

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R. J POWELL & W. P. NOLAN. MACHINE FOR ATTAGHING BUTTONS T0 GARMENTS,

No. 318,024. Patented May 19, 1885. 1'2 E 1 17 6 1 A I T E I i d i: I A 0 1; i:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD J. POXVELL AND VILLIAM F. NOLAN, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

MACHINE FOR ATTACHING BUTTONS TO GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,024, dated May 19, 1885.

Application filed March 24, 18.?55. (No model.)

.To all whom it 72mg concern.-

Beitknown that we, RICHARD J. POWELL and WM. F. NOLAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Attaching Buttons to Garments, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for attaching buttons to garments, and has for its object to make the fastening ot' the button to the cloth in a more expeditious and durable manner than can be done by needle and thread or by hand. These objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation and shows the rod 0 broken off below the base B, then .in dotted lines, and then continued in full lines to a treadle, '3. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the bottom of the piece G, of the cylinder I, slide .1, and a part of the arm A broken away. Fig. 3 isa detached view of the bottom of the plunger D, and shows slot 0' and cavity 6. Fig. l is a detached side view of the plunger D, the upper part thereof broken away, and shows a flattened place thereon, a, and slot 0. Fig. is a front elevation of the machine.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the machine.

Fig. 7 is a detached plan view of a button,and shows the relative position of the rods '6 in section. Fig. 8 is a detached sectional view of the slide J and springj. Fig. 9 is a. plan view of slide J and springj, and shows in dotted lines the position of a button about to he slid under the plunger D. Fig. 10 is aplan view of the base B and some ofits attachments, the arm A and rod 0 being in section.

The letter A indicates ,asupporting-arm, suitably secured to a base, B, preferably made of cast-iron. This arm has two openings for the passage of a rod, 0, and plunger D, which latter are connected to each other by a cross 13', whereby it may be forced in a downward direction, together with the plunger D, by the application of foot-power, for a purpose hereinafter described. A pin, d, which passes through the plunger D, limits the motion of the plunger in an upward direction, and also serves to hold the upper end of a spiral spring, F, which encircles the plunger. Thelower end of this spring F bears upon the top ofa cylindrical piece, G, having a central opening, 9, for the passage of the plunger D, upon which it slides up and down, the movement be ing limited by the flattened part or of the plum ger D and by the set-screwN placed upon one side of the cylindrical piece G. The bottom of the piece G has a circular recess, 9, and also a transverse piece of metal, (1, across the bottom'of the opening y. The plunger D has a cup-shaped recess at thebottom, e, and a slot, 6, which, when the plunger is forced down, straddles the transverse piece (1. The circular recess g is intended to hold the button firmly in the proper position during the act of attaching the button to the cloth of the garment, which is done by means of small staples H, the points of which penetrate the cloth and pass through the perforations ot' the button. The points of the staple are turned down and clinched upon the button by the plunger D and the transverse piece of metal (1, when the plunger D and its attach ments are forced down by means of the treadle and rod 0. The cup-shaped recess 0 in the bottom of the plunger D serves to turn the points of the staples in a downward direction,

and the transverse piece (1 to give the points of the staple the properdirection, as well asto act as a guide to thcplunger D. The base B has a slot, I), in which there is fitted aslide, I), having a recess to receive the head of a staple. Across the slot 1) there is secured a thin metal plate, 0, having a narrow slot, c,which serve: the purpose to hold a staple, H, in a vertical as well as in the proper position to be acted upon by the plunger D and attachments when said plunger is forced down upon the stapleto turn its points and clinch them upon the button, and thereby cause the button and cloth to be securely fastened to each other.

Attached to one side of the piece G (or forming a part thereof) is a cylinder, 1, of sufficient IFO size to hold a quantity ofbuttons, i. It is open at the top,in order that the buttons may be introduced to the interior thereof. Its upper endis provided with a cap, 1. To the inner side of the top thereof are secured two wires or rods. i, on a line with the axis of the cylinder I, and of sufficient length to reach nearly the bottom of said cylinder. Surrounding these rods 13 is a spiral spring, K, the top of which bears against the under side of the cap I and the bottom upon the buttons The rods t" are inserted in the openings of the buttons, and

serve as guides to keep the buttons in proper' position to receive the staples H. The spiral spring K is intended to feed the buttons in a downward direction to the bottom of the cylinder I, which is open and enlarged, and pro vided with grooves j to receive a slide, J, having a flat spring, j, the free end of which is turned down and forms a flange, j, which serves the purpose to engage with abuttou, t, as it is fed to the bottom of the cylinder I, and when the slide J is forced under thebottom of the piece'G serves the purpose to carry the button where it will be received by the circular recess 9, and beheld thereby during the descent of the plunger Dand itsattachments, for the purpose hereinbefore described. The cylderI is provided with abracket, L,which forms the fulcrum of a lever, M, the lower end of which is bifurcated and engages with slide J. The lever M furnishes the means by which the slide J may he slid back and forth in the grooves j.

piece E, and plunger D, having pin d, spiral spring F, piece G, h avinglongitudinal opening circular recess g, and transverse pieced, as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a button-fastening machine, the piece G, having circular recess 9, in combination with cylinder I, having cap I, provided with rods i, and spiral spring K, as described, and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a button-fastening machine, the conr bination of cylinder I, and bracketL with lever M, and slide J, having springj, provided with fiangej, as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD J. POWELL. WILLIAM F. NOLAN. Vitnesses:

W. P. LEONARD, '1. C. CRUMBAUGH. 

